Ohio State's Aaron Craft, left, is fouled by Rhode Island's Mike Aaman during the first half of a Nov. 17 nonleague game in Uncasville, Conn.

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Rob McCurdy
| CentralOhio.com

Aaron Craft is a scholar, becoming the first basketball Buckeye since Bill Hosket in 1968 to earn a spot on the first-team Academic All-American team.

He holds a 3.889 grade-point average and aspires to be a doctor one day. But could all that brain power be holding him back on the basketball court?

"Anytime you miss some shots, you're going to overthink some things," Craft said this week in preparation for today's game with Long Beach State. "I'm a thinker, and I like to do that probably a little too much whether it's on the court or off it." ...